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- 1211: Dancing And Ballet
- ... DANCERS Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) Anna Pavlova was a Russian ballerina who was known for her gracefulness. She is best known for her three minute solo of "The Dying Swan". Pavlova traveled all over the world and could often make people cry when she danced this piece. She studied at the Imperial Ballet School and then joined the Imperial Ballet Company. In 1906 she became prima ballerina of the company. She ... de Diaghilev in Milan, Italy. In 1918 he opened a private school. He was the last great dancer of the strict Italian tradition. George Balanchine (1904-1983) Balanchine was a Russian choreographer who developed a new trend in American and European Ballet. His ballets usually weaved designs inspired by music instead of telling stories. Balanchine was born in St. Petersburg and left Russia when he was twenty to join the Sergei Diaghilev Ballet Company in Paris. He then became its leading choreographer. Balanchine came to the United States in 1933. He founded the American School of Ballet whose performing company became the New York City Ballet in 1948. Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948- ) Baryshnikov is currently one of the worlds leading ballet dancers. He performs in a style called bravura which features brilliant, daring dancing. He is known for ...
- 1212: Charles Manson: Orgins of a Madman
- Charles Manson: Orgins of a Madman Charles Manson is known as one of the most sinister and evil criminals of all time. He organized the murders that shocked the world and his name still strikes fear into American hearts. Manson's childhood, personality, and uncanny ability to control people led to the creation of a family-like cult and ultimately to the bloody murders of ... soon became very good at it. When just a child, he became a criminal and spent his last years of childhood in a correctional facility. After his release from the training school in 1954, a new period of Manson's life began. He went to West Virginia and soon married a girl named Rosalie Jean Willis. She became pregnant and Manson had a child. This was Manson's first real family, but he didn't stray from the criminal lifestyle. He started stealing cars to make the money necessary to support his new family. By the time the baby was born, Manson was in prison on Grand Theft Auto charges. In 1958 Charles was released from prison. His wife and child had left him, leaving Charles alone ...
- 1213: Two Brands of Nihilism
- ... rather, such doctrine codifies self hatred and begs the rejection of “human nature”. Christianity goes beyond a denial of just the flesh and blood of the body to do away with the whole of the world. In Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche suggests in several places, that the world is falsified when dictated by the tenets of dualistic philosophies, with emphasis on Christianity. How the “True World” Finally Became Fable, a section in Twilight of the Idols, is subtitled “The History of an Error”, for it supposes to give a short rendering of how the “true world” is lost in the ...
- 1214: The Writings of Plato and Dantes
- ... It is through the use of hidden meaning or allegory in the text that we can see this. Plato argued that the literature is mimetic and that all Poetry is a failed replication of the world, just what you would see if you just spun a mirror round and round; Dante, on the other hand, saw that literature was far more than just that which was presented on the page. He ... writers and philosophers. Plato is without a doubt the father of Western Society, and we are the great-great-great grandchildren of that father. It is necessary to review the precepts of Plato's ideal world. There existed, for Plato, a world of ideas where all things exist in the perfect form. That ideal place is where all ideas that we have and that appear in material form originate. Thus the paper you read this essay ...
- 1215: Hate Groups and the Internet
- ... it would be impossible to eliminate these sites from the web, measures need to be taken to ensure their influences do not reach the impressionable youth of the "net-generation". The web has provided a new medium for these groups, one which covers a distance previously thought unattainable, and with this comes the ability to reach out farther into our society with messages of hate. The technological advances made as the Internet grew in popularity also allowed these groups to provide a new and unique look into the heart of bigotry in our society, and one which appeals to the instant gratification type of lifestyle in which we live. The accessability of these hate sights is also of ... however another side to the groups on the net, groups that attempt to provide both education and a positive influence on the surfers, groups which go from anti-hate sites to Green Peace and the world wildlife fund. So as the Internet grows in popularity and size it will become increasingly difficult to keep the so called hate sites off, without infringing on the rights of others, but it is ...
- 1216: Charles Manson: Orgins of a Madman
- Charles Manson: Orgins of a Madman Charles Manson is known as one of the most sinister and evil criminals of all time. He organized the murders that shocked the world and his name still strikes fear into American hearts. Manson's childhood, personality, and uncanny ability to control people led to the creation of a family-like cult and ultimately to the bloody murders of ... soon became very good at it. When just a child, he became a criminal and spent his last years of childhood in a correctional facility. After his release from the training school in 1954, a new period of Manson's life began. He went to West Virginia and soon married a girl named Rosalie Jean Willis. She became pregnant and Manson had a child. This was Manson's first real family, but he didn't stray from the criminal lifestyle. He started stealing cars to make the money necessary to support his new family. By the time the baby was born, Manson was in prison on Grand Theft Auto charges. In 1958 Charles was released from prison. His wife and child had left him, leaving Charles alone ...
- 1217: Socrates
- By: Mark E-mail: Urealysuk9@aol.com SOCRATES THE PHILOSOPHER Socrates is a noteworthy and important historical figure as a philosopher, because of his and his pupils’ influence on the development of the philosophical world. His teachings, famous arguments, and ideas began the outgrowth of all later western philosophies. Born in 469 BC just outside of Athens, Socrates was brought up properly, and thoroughly educated. He was raised as most Athenians; developing both physical and mental strengths. Socrates then went on to learn from Archelaus the philosopher. Here he studied astronomy, mathematics, and was introduced to philosophy, which was a new concept at the time. Archelaus taught of explanations for the world with a scientific approach. Socrates, however, turned away from this idea and created his own. He decided that instead of trying to understand the universe, a person should try to understand himself. To express ...
- 1218: Sigmund Freud
- ... second daughter Sophie was born. The birth on Freud's sixth and last child Anna was born in 1895. Also, in 1895 Freud published his studies on hysteria together with Josef Breuer. Freud called this new therapeutic treatment psychoanalysis. He worked on this treatment for forty years. In 1900 Freud published his book The Interpretation of Dreams. This book made Freud famous. Later in 1901 Freud published another book called Psycho ... calls the Id. The Id contains everything that is inherited, and is present at birth. It is an individual'! s instinct. The Id remains the most important throughout life. Under the influence of the real world a portion of the Id has undergone development. Freud suggests because of birth there is now beginning to develop an intermediate between the Id and the external world. Freud named this region of our mind the Ego. (Freud, 1924). The principal characteristics of the Ego are that it has voluntary movement at its command. It has the task of self preservation. It ...
- 1219: Impact of the Spanish American War
- Impact of the Spanish American War In order for one to understand the Spanish-American War and the impact its aftermath had on the world, one must first take a look at the events that let to this war. In the 19th century the US was at the brink of new age brought upon by the Industrial Revolution. As the industry flourished, there was an ever increasing need for new markets, and new sources of raw materials. However, the US had already expanded from one coast to another. Because of the policies that it previously followed, the US, unlike some strong European nations, did ...
- 1220: New York New Music Ensemble
- The New York New Music Ensemble began with a bang, literally. This ensemble has been around for twenty-three years and it is considered to be “the raising standard” in contemporary chamber music. On Thursday afternoon, I saw the ... parts that make up the contrasting sounds in the music. The final movement concentrates more on the pitch transformation. Structurally, this format would be a recapitulation, but the use of pitch transforms it into something new. To emphasize the pitch fluctuation, three different kinds of flutes were played. Because of the pitch variation in this piece, there were many melodies to follow. In a way, the music sounded like sound ...
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